July 08, 1899

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Features

American Ordnance for Russia

Railway Mileage of the World

The Passing of the Centerboard

The Third Rail System on the New York Elevated Railroads

The Canadian Niagara Power Company

Japan and the International Patent Union

Questionable Tunnel Schemes

The Largest Flag

Smyrna Figs in California

A Million Dollars for a Patent

Honey-Birds

By Eugene Murray-Aaron

The Automobile Industry

Work of the Fish Commission

Painting the Flagstaffs of Tall Buildings

A New Method of Instructing and Examining Trainmen

Models of Some of the Extinct Lizards of Western North America

By E. O. Hovey

Complete Loss of the Steamship "Paris"

The United States Experimental Model Basin

Navaho Indian Gamblers

By Cosmos Mindeleff

A Remarkable Geyser in Southern California

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Recently Patented Inventions - July 8, 1899

Business and Personal - July 8, 1899

Notes and Queries - July 8, 1899

Index of Inventions - July 8, 1899

Patents - July 8, 1899

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